WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP) was honored today with the National Trust/Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation during the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual PastForward Conference. The OCDP is a multi-agency collaboration that aims to promote research and education on Oregon’s early Chinese residents.
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In this episode of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's podcast, Preservation Perspectives, ACHP Expert Member and Host Monica Rhodes speaks with two people who were integral in the inscription of Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio as America's 25th UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chief Glenna Wallace of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe and Jennifer Aultman, Chief Historic Sites Officer of the Ohio History Connection.
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is a series of eight earthen mounds sites around Ohio built by Indigenous people more than two thousand years ago. UNESCO calls the earthworks a "masterpiece of human creative genius."
Learn more at https://hopewellearthworks.org
Today, Newsweek published ACHP Chair Sara Bronin’s column on protecting our nation’s sacred burial sites from impacts both new and old.
Welcome back to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's podcast, Preservation Perspectives, with our new host, ACHP Expert Member Monica Rhodes. In this episode, Monica speaks with Arminda Mata, CEO and Curator for the Ybor City Museum Society in Tampa, Florida. Ybor City has a rich history that is as vibrant today as ever, with a National Historic Landmark district with almost 1,000 historic buildings. Learn about Ybor City and how local residents have preserved the past while looking to the future.
Visit www.ybormuseum.org for more information.
Today, The Hill published ACHP Chair Sara Bronin’s column on America's massive shortage of available housing and the role that historic preservation can play in alleviating the crisis. In it, Chair Bronin refers to ACHP's draft policy statement that will provide expert advice to a wide range of stakeholders looking to